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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Where
traps
are
used,
and
the
cloth
has
therefore
to
be
cut,
the
hanging
cloth
is
dispensed
with,
and
the
table
is
covered
with
cloth
glued
on
the
top,
with
a
margin
round
it,
after
the
fashion
of
a
card-table,
and
this
may
be
done,
if
preferred,
even
where
the
table
is
without
mechanism.
The
adoption
of
this
plan
allows
of
the
introduction
of
gold
mouldings,
or
other
ornamentation,
on
the
front
and
sides.
In
our
own
opinion,
unless
there
is
some
special
reason
to
the
contrary
in
the
mechanical
arrangements
of
the
table,
the
plain
hanging
cover
is
preferable,
as
being
least
suggestive
of
apparatus
or
preparation.
The
precise
height
of
the
table
is
best
determined
by
the
stature
of
the
performer.
The
servante,
or
hidden
shelf,
should
be
just
so
high
from
the
ground
as
to
be
level
with
the
knuckles
of
the
performer
as
his
arm
hangs
by
his
side;
and
the
top
of
the
table
should,
as
already
stated,
be
about
six
inches
higher
than
this.
It
will
be
found
that
this
height
will
enable
the
performer
secretly
to
take
up
or
lay
down
any
article
thereon
without
stooping
or
bending
the
arm,
either
of
which
movements
would
suggest
to
the
spectators
that
his
hand
was
occupied
in
some
manner
behind
the
table.
One
of
the
first
tasks
of
the
novice
should
be
to
acquire
the
power
of
readily
picking
up
or
laying
down
any
article
on
the
servante,
without
making
any
corresponding
movement
of
the
body,
and
especially
without
looking
down
at
his
hands.
If
the
performer
is
uncertain
as
to
the
precise
whereabouts
of
a
given
article,
he
must
ascertain
it
by
a
quick
glance
as
he
approaches
his
table,
and
not
after
he
has
placed
himself
behind
it.
From
this
moment
he
must
not
again
look
down,
as
if
once
the
audience
suspect
that
he
has
a
secret
receptacle
behind
his
table,
half
the
magic
of
his
tricks
is
thenceforth
destroyed.
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